To start our last week in the book of Judges, Raechel, Amanda, and guest Tony Calabrese hunt for the hope that can be found in some of the most tragic stories of Scripture. As you read along with us, tune into this conversation to remember God’s goodness in the middle of the darkness of Israel’s history. This episode corresponds to Week 4 of She Reads Truth’s Judges reading plan. Order your Judges Daily Reading Guide here , or follow along on the She Reads Truth app . Don't forget to shop all th...
Nov 06, 2023•49 min•Ep. 198
For Week 3 in our Judges study, Raechel and Amanda are joined by author and teacher, Elyse Fitzpatrick. Listen in as they reflect on both the seriousness of sin and the faithfulness of God as seen in the book of Judges. This episode corresponds to Week 3 of She Reads Truth’s Judges reading plan. Order your Judges Daily Reading Guide here , or follow along on the She Reads Truth app . Limited Edition Holiday Reading Bundle—including our Advent 2023 book and Give Thanks book—is available at ShopSh...
Oct 30, 2023•44 min•Ep. 197
On this week’s episode, Raechel and Amanda talk through the ways we see God at work through the imperfect people found in the book of Judges. In the middle of prideful leaders, broken families, and idol worship, God continues to call His people back to repent and come back to the covenant love waiting for them. Use code HOLIDAYTRUTH for $5 off any product in the Give Thanks AND Advent 2023 Collections at ShopSheReadsTruth.com ! Code valid through 11/5/23. Hiya Vitamins—Get 50% off your first ord...
Oct 23, 2023•40 min•Ep. 196
We’re starting our Judges reading plan with special guest, Lydia Brownback! In this episode, Raechel, Amanda, and Lydia talk through several of the good, challenging, and merciful ways God pursues His people with His love in one of the darkest times of Israel’s history. Show Notes: Use code HOLIDAYTRUTH for $5 off any product in the Give Thanks AND Advent 2023 Collections at shopshereadstruth.com! Code valid through 11/5/23. Sundays for Dogs—Get 35% off your first order of Sundays at SundaysForD...
Oct 16, 2023•44 min•Ep. 195
It’s finally time to unveil the Advent 2023 reading plan! For this bonus episode, Raechel and Amanda talk about the theme of this year’s study and how we curated each day’s Scripture reading to move through the Advent season. We hope you’ll join the She Reads Truth community for Advent 2023: He Alone Is Worthy as we celebrate Christ’s coming as a baby and yearn for His second coming . Through 10/15/2023, use code SUBHOLIDAY5 for $5 off your first month of the She Reads Truth Subscription Box at ...
Oct 09, 2023•30 min
Whether you’re joining us for the first time for Advent this year or it’s your twelfth Advent with us, Raechel and Amanda want you to feel prepared and excited to join us in anticipating, reflecting, and remembering the Advent season together. If you’ve ever wondered what Advent is and why we love to celebrate it as a She Reads Truth community, listen in! Through 10/8/2023, use code SUBSCRIBEHOLIDAY5 for $5 off your first month of the She Reads Truth Subscription Box at ShopSheReadsTruth.com/sub...
Oct 02, 2023•21 min
Have you ever wondered how to build up a daily Bible reading habit in your own life? In this episode, Raechel and Amanda offer practical tips and encouragement for being a woman in the Word of God everyday, and discuss some of the ways their own Bible reading rhythms have affected their lives. Our Judges reading plan begins October 16! Order your Daily Reading Guide at ShopSheReadsTruth.com . Get an exclusive offer on our Advent 2023 Experience Bundles when you join the SRT Text Club! Text TRUTH...
Sep 25, 2023•27 min
This week, Raechel and Amanda are turning a past podcast segment into a wonderful bonus episode just for you! Our hosts chat through the places they’re finding the beauty, goodness, and truth of Jesus in their everyday lives, and they invite you to reflect on those moments in your life, too. Use code JUDGESPODCAST5 for $5 off the Judges collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com/judges Our Judges reading plan begins October 16! Order your Daily Reading Guide at ShopSheReadsTruth.com . “Everywhere the R...
Sep 18, 2023•36 min
We’re wrapping up our study in Ezra with our special guest, Noe Garcia! Raechal, Amanda, and Noe unpack how God’s presence continues to discipline and pursue the nation of Israel. In the process, they talk about how Israel experiences God’s love through His presence with them as they continue to repent and turn back to God. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She Reads Truth Ezra reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com . Shop the Ezra collection at...
Sep 11, 2023•56 min•Ep. 194
Kick off Week 1 of our Ezra study with us as Raechel and Amanda are joined by Dr. Christina Edmonson. You won’t want to miss this discussion around some of the timeless truths and realities for God’s people—remembering that we are never out of reach for God to return and restore us to Himself. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth Ezra reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com . Shop the Ezra collection at ShopSheReadsTruth.com . Show n...
Sep 04, 2023•48 min•Ep. 193
We’ve made it to Week 3, the last week of our Psalms for Prayer study together! This week, Raechel, Amanda, and special guest Courtney Doctor look at the final few psalms of this plan to learn how to freely and fully admit our feelings and circumstances in prayer to God. As they use these psalms to seek God’s provision, comfort, and guidance, they unpack how ultimately all of these things are incomparable to the gift of God’s presence through prayer. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Wee...
Aug 28, 2023•46 min•Ep. 192
For Week 2 of our Psalms for Prayer reading plan, Raechel and Amanda are joined by special guest EJ Gaines. As the psalms in this week’s reading cover a variety of emotions and experiences, EJ, Raechel, and Amanda discuss how they’ve learned more about God’s character through the ways David and other psalmists interact with God in their psalms. Listen close to remind your own heart of the ways God is showing His love to you, in every season and circumstance that you walk with Him. This episode c...
Aug 21, 2023•57 min•Ep. 191
Join us as we kick off Week 1 of our Psalms for Prayer study! Raechel and Amanda are joined by pastor, speaker, and author, Sam Allberry as they take a peak at this week’s selected psalms. Together they are encouraged and challenged by the freedom we experience through the psalms to relate to God in the midst of the full range of human emotions and experiences, and the kindness of Him to meet us there. You don’t want to miss this conversation and invitation to let these psalms expose and guide y...
Aug 14, 2023•55 min•Ep. 190
Raechel and Amanda are back together to wrap up our reading of Romans together! Throughout the study, Raechel and Amanda talk about how they’ve learned about God’s character in how God instructs His people to live as Christ followers in the world and with each other. As they’ve seen how big God’s love and kindness is to the early church, they reflect on what that means for us now as God’s children. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 5 of the She Reads Truth Romans reading plan found ...
Aug 07, 2023•41 min•Ep. 189
Join us for Week 4 in our study of Romans as Raechel is joined by author, pastor, and teacher, Jada Edwards. Together they dive into sections of Scripture that can often feel intimidating (like much of Romans is!), but are truly invitational to all people. Listen in and be encouraged, challenged, and renewed to pursue God who is so far beyond our comprehension, yet has invited us to truly know Him and be known by Him. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 4 of the She Reads Truth Romans...
Jul 31, 2023•53 min•Ep. 188
As you begin Week 3 of our study in Romans, listen to special guest Allen Parr and Amanda talk through their experience reading this week’s Scripture. Together they unpack how Romans teaches us to view sin, our relationship to Christ because of our sin, and the grace that gives us freedom in Christ. Whether these passages are familiar, confusing, new, or well-known to you, use this conversation to refocus your attention on the good news of Jesus’s freedom as it’s described in Romans. Read with U...
Jul 24, 2023•54 min•Ep. 187
In this episode, dig deep into Week 2 of our study of Romans with Raechel Myers and She Reads Truth’s CCO, Jessica Lamb! While the SRT community has read Romans together before, Jessica unpacks how we can read Romans with a fresh lens and with new insights while still uncovering timeless truth. Jessica and Raechel discuss their treasured truths of Romans and how God continues to show Himself in new ways as they reread a familiar book. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She R...
Jul 17, 2023•43 min•Ep. 186
In this episode, Amanda and Dr. Rhiannon Bell kick off our first week reading Romans together! In both the joy-filled and hard-to-face truths of the first chapters of Romans, they uncover how God calls people back to Himself for His glory. As our hearts are shaped and marked by His truth, every desire and motivation in us changes. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth Romans reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com . Shop the Romans co...
Jul 10, 2023•59 min•Ep. 185
On this episode, Amanda talks about the last week of our Genealogy of Jesus reading plan with She Reads Truth’s Chief Content Officer Jessica Lamb. They unpack some of the stories of people in Jesus’s genealogy that remind us of God’s goodness in calling us His co-heirs and children. In the real and raw of these stories, God is at work in and through us to call us back home to Him. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 5 of the She Reads Truth The Genealogy of Jesus reading plan found o...
Jul 03, 2023•51 min•Ep. 184
For Week 4 of The Genealogy of Jesus, we are joined by speaker and author, Elisa Morgan. She joins Raechel and Amanda to discuss a group of kings in Jesus’s lineage that range from reformers to evil-doers. Together they lament the capacity humanity has for evil and the mercy of God to restore us at all costs. You don’t want to miss it! Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 4 of the She Reads Truth The Genealogy of Jesus reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com...
Jun 26, 2023•40 min•Ep. 183
Welcome to week 3 of our Genealogy of Jesus reading plan with special guest Angie Smith, Raechel Myers, and Amanda Bible Williams! In this week’s episode, we talk about both the most infamous and the often untold stories of people in Jesus’s genealogy. Regardless of if you’ve never focused on these stories before or if you’re reading them for the one-hundredth time, they all share the beauty of having hardship and real life woven into the bigger God’s story of redemption. Read with Us: This epis...
Jun 19, 2023•40 min•Ep. 182
We’ve got our very own Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams on this episode for Week 2 of our Genealogy of Jesus reading plan. This week, Raechel and Amanda talk about why reading through the stories of the people in Jesus’s genealogy is so important and how reading has impacted their faith. They’ll challenge us to see more of who God is, His faithfulness and steadfastness, by reading about the generations of people who trusted in Him. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the S...
Jun 12, 2023•24 min•Ep. 181
We are kicking off Week 1 of The Genealogy of Jesus this week, and we couldn’t be more excited! Raechel and Amanda are joined by professor and author Dr. Sandra Glahn. Together they set up what is to come in the five weeks ahead, anticipating the unfolding of God’s story of faithful promise-keeping that we will see through His genealogies. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth The Genealogy of Jesus reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth...
Jun 05, 2023•57 min•Ep. 180
This week, Raechel, Amanda, and special guest Inés Franklin open to Week 2 of our study of the book of Amos. Together they follow the drumbeat of justice found in the book of Amos through all of Scripture, looking for God’s heart for his people in downcast places. Along the way, they find the true, flourishing life on the other side of God’s justice. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She Reads Truth Amos reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheReadsTruth.com . ...
May 29, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 179
This week we’re kicking off Week 1 of our Amos study with our very own Marketing Content Editor, Tameshia Williams! As Raechel, Amanda, and Tameshia share their reading experiences, they unpack what righteousness and justice look like in the book of Amos. Together, they uncover God’s relational heart across all of his commands, warnings, and decrees to His people. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 1 of the She Reads Truth Amos reading plan found on the She Reads Truth app and SheRea...
May 22, 2023•57 min•Ep. 178
For our third bonus episode, Amanda and Raechel discuss the question, “How do you give yourself grace when reading the Bible daily is difficult?” Maybe you have asked that question or simply been overwhelmed by finding a regular rhythm in the Word. We get it! Join us for an honest and authentic conversation as we try to get to the root of the question spiritually and apply it practically, so that we can better encourage one another instead of comparing and shaming ourselves and others. Show note...
May 15, 2023•28 min
We’re in part two of a three week bonus series exploring questions that you all have asked about Bible reading, life as women in the Word, and the work of She Reads Truth. This week, Raechel and Amanda answer the question, “How do we choose our reading plans?”, and they discuss how the She Reads Truth team curates each reading plan. In their conversation, you’ll learn how each plan and its resources is intentionally designed to equip all of us to engage with God’s Word every day. Show notes can ...
May 08, 2023•26 min
Have you ever wondered what reading the Bible with She Reads Truth has meant to Raechel and Amanda? In this week’s bonus episode, they give us a look behind the scenes at their personal experience of being women in the Word of God every day. Listen in as Raechel and Amanda share the ways their everyday work has shaped and transformed their lives. Show notes can be found at shereadstruth.com/podcast/transformed-by-the-word This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Magella...
May 01, 2023•25 min
Join us for the third and final week of A Living Hope as we wrap up our time of discovering the fullness of the resurrected life in Christ. This week, Amanda and Raechel are joined by Lori Wilhite, who is an author, ministry founder, and Bible teacher. Together, they discuss the richness of life in Christ, and what it means to fully know Him. Join us as we celebrate the hope we have in Jesus and the reality of living life in the upside-down kingdom that He has ushered in. Read with Us: This epis...
Apr 24, 2023•52 min•Ep. 177
To start Week 2 of A Living Hope , Raechel, Amanda, and special guest Rebekah Lyons talk about how our hope in a resurrected Jesus affects every part of our lives. Together they discuss how, through Christ’s resurrection, our identity turns from bondage in sin to belovedness in Christ. Rebekah, Raechel, and Amanda also share ways we can approach the joys and hardships in our lives with our hope firmly rooted in Jesus’ resurrection. Read with Us: This episode corresponds to Week 2 of the She Read...
Apr 17, 2023•54 min•Ep. 176
